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Is this the definition of "Obedience" (n) the act or practice of following rules or authority. True? or False?
True
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All South Korean children's parents are the main source of the unrelenting pressure put on students. True? or False?
False/ Most South Korean children's parents are the main source of the unrelenting pressure put on students.
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Which neighborhood is an expensive cram school mentioned in this article?
In the wealthy Seoul neighborhood of Gangnam.
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What is a synonym of "Assault"? 1. defence 2. offensive 3. protect 4. conservation
2. offensive
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The average South Korean student works up to 91 hours a week and sleeps 38.5 hours a week.
True
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Among young South Koreans who confessed to feeling suicidal in 2010, an alarming 35% identified inadequate academic performance as the main reason for such thought. Ture? or False?
False/Among young South Koreans who confessed to feeling suicidal in 2010, an alarming 53% identified inadequate academic performance as the main reason for such thought.
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What is the definition of "hierarchy"?
(n) any system of person's or things ranked one above another
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What does mean to be a South Korean Child?
To be a South Korean child ultimately is not about freedom, personal choice or happiness; it is about production, performance and obedience.
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What is the name of essay this comes from "As long as parents live, children have no freedom and are treated like slaves or livestock not unlike subject of a feudal lord."?
On Child-centrism.
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What is the definition of "Commodity"? and What is a synonym of "commodity"?
(n) a useful or valuable thing/ synonym: product
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Which sentence is true? Choose all that are correct. (a) Cram schools- known as hagwons in Korean- are a mainstay of the South Korean education system and a symbol or parental yearning to see their children succeed at all costs. (b) A system driven by overzealous parents and a leviathan private industry is unsustainable over the long, run, especially given the physical and psychological costs that students are forced to stand. (c) Many parents believe that their right to decide their children's future is sacrosanct. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. above all
4. above all
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Why do many Korean parents believe that their right to decide their children's future is sacrosanct?
Because the view that the family is an economic unit perpetuates such tight control over children.